Ministry of Justice of Ethiopia | |
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የኢትዮጵያ የፍትህ ሚኒስቴር | |
Member of | Abiy Ahmed cabinet |
Seat | Equatorial Guinea St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Appointer | Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | 1939 |
First holder | Ayele Gebre |
Salary | 198,295–230,912 birr[1] |
Website | www |
The Ministry of Justice of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፍትህ ሚኒስቴር) is the government department that has the authority of federal prosecution and had possessed executive and judicial powers.[2] The ministry was a part of the federal branch of the government, and prosecuted cases that fell within the federal jurisdiction. In 1995, the responsibility for the federal police force and prisons was transferred to the Ministry of Justice after the Ministry of Internal Affairs was abolished.[3] In 2017, it was announced that the Ministry of Justice's affairs would be transitioned into the Federal Attorney General's Office.[4]
According to Article 16 of Proclamation 691/2010, the Ministry of Justice had the following powers:[5]
In 2016, Getachew Ambaye was successively the Minister of Justice and then Attorney General under the administrative renaming of the position.[6]
Justice Minister | Term of office | Prime Minister | |||
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# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | |
1 | Ayele Gebre[3][7] | 1939 | 1942 | Betwoded
Wolde Tzaddick | |
2 | Aie-Masfin Andargatchew Massai[8][9] | 1943 | 1948 | Betwoded
Wolde Tzaddick | |
3 | Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes | 1949 | 1955 | Ras Betwoded | |
4 | Abiye Abebe[3] | 1958 | 1961 | Ras | |
5 | Dejazmatch Zewdie Gebre-Salassie[10] | 1961 | 1963 | Tsehafi Taezaz | |
6 | Mammo Tadesse[11] | 1966 | 1967 | Tsehafi Taezaz | |
7 | Akale Worq Habte Wold[12][13] | 1969 | 1974 | Tsehafi Taezaz | |
8 | Belachew Asrat[14] | 1975 | 1975 | Post Abolished (12 September 1974–10 September 1987) by the Derg | |
9 | Amanuel Amde-Mikael[15] | 1975 | 1978 | ||
10 | Zegeye Asfaw[16][17] | 1978 | 1979 | ||
11 | Zegeye Asfaw[18] | 1980 | 1980 | ||
12 | Getachew Kibret[19] | 1980 | 1983 | ||
13 | Emanuel Amde Michael[20] | 1984 | 1986 | ||
14 | Wondayen Mehretu[21][22] | 1986 | 1991 | Fikre Selassie Wogderess | |
15 | Shiferaw Wolde-Michael[23] | 1991 | 1992 | Tamrat Layne | |
16 | Mehitma Solomon[24] | 1992 | 1998 | Meles Zenawi | |
17 | Wolde Werede[25] | 1998 | 2001 | Meles Zenawi | |
18 | Harka Haroyu[26][27] | 2001 | 2008 | Meles Zenawi | |
19 | Berhan Hailu[28] | 2008 | 3 June 2013 | Meles Zenawi | |
20 | Getachew Ambaye[29][30][6] | 4 June 2013 | 11 May 2016 | Hailemariam Desalegn | |
21 | Ato Birhanu Tsegaye (Attorney General)[31][32] | October 2018 | March 2020 | Abiy Ahmed | |
22 | Adanech Abebe (Attorney General)[32] | 12 March 2020 | 18 August 2020 | Abiy Ahmed | |
23 | Gedion Timotheos[33] | 6 October 2021 | 2 November 2021 | Abiy Ahmed |